According to reports, Detroit Tigers‘ starting pitcher Matt Moore will have knee surgery this coming Wednesday after it was determined that rehab was not working.
Matt Moore will have surgery on his ailing knee Wednesday. He tried rehabbing knee but did not feel improvement.
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 14, 2019
Moore sprained his right knee early in the season during a start against the Kansas City Royals.
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Following the injury, Moore had the option to rehab, which he decided to try, but unfortunately, surgery will be the route he goes.
Gardenhire on Matt Moore's knee injury: "There's decisions to be made on how they want to attack it, whether he can go rehab it for 10 days or something like that. And then there's the other option, which would be some kind of surgery to repair it."
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 7, 2019
Moore hopes he will be back in 4-6 weeks.
Matt Moore hoping surgery on his meniscus tear will sideline him just 4-6 weeks. A reconstruction would sideline him longer, but he hopes to avoid that.
— Jason Beck (@beckjason) April 14, 2019